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ICI is providing these resources to help facilitate critical education and discussion about a variety of topics and issues related to all things “mental health”. Inclusion in this list does not necessarily imply endorsement by ICI. Some of these resources are closely aligned with our mission, vision, and values. Others may use terms or ideas, promote values or beliefs, or engage in activities that are not fully in sync with what we believe in, strive towards, or envision as an organization; however, we’ve included them here because, in our estimation, they still contribute constructively to some aspects of our overall mission.

It's About Childhood & Family logo

It's About Childhood & Family, Inc.

Based in Syracuse, NY. "It’s About Childhood & Family, Inc. is a not-for-profit clinical and resource center dedicated to enhancing the quality of childhood and family life in our communities.

Resource link

http://www.iacaf.org

Resource category

Non-Drug Options & Approaches

Resource type

Organization/Initiative
Advocacy Unlimited logo

Advocacy Unlimited

Based in Connecticut, U.S. "Advocacy Unlimited, Inc. is a nonprofit organization that helps people with or in recovery from mental health and/or addiction issues and their families. Our primary focus is to help people recover and/or strengthen their recovery, enabling them to re-integrate into the community, obtain jobs, and achieve their independence." 

Resource link

http://www.mindlink.org/

Resource category

Mutual Support & Advocacy

Resource type

Organization/Initiative
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Alliance for Human Research Protection

"The Alliance for Human Research Protection is a national network of lay people and professionals dedicated to advancing responsible and ethical medical research practices, to minimizing the risks associated with such endeavors and to ensuring that the human rights, dignity and welfare of human subjects are protected."

Resource link

http://ahrp.org

Resource category

Science & Research

Resource type

Organization/Initiative
Alternatives Beyond Psychiatry

Alternatives Beyond Psychiatry

"Sixty-one authors – (ex-) users and survivors of psychiatry, therapists, psychiatrists, lawyers, social scientists and relatives from all five continents – report about their alternative work, their objectives and successes, and their individual and collective experiences."

 

Resource link

http://www.peter-lehmann-publishing.com/books/without.htm

Resource category

Non-Drug Options & Approaches

Resource type

Book
Person sitting inside a black ring with hands wrapped around knees

Alternatives to Suicide (Alt2Su)

"The Western Mass RLC developed the 'Alternatives to Suicide' approach because the opportunity to talk openly about suicide and feelings of deep emotional distress with others who have or are experiencing similar struggles can be a powerful way to support people to move through those darkest places."

Resource link

http://www.westernmassrlc.org/alternatives-to-suicide

Resource category

Mutual Support & Advocacy

Resource type

Local Group
Anatomy of an Epidemic

Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America

"In this astonishing and startling book, award-winning science and history writer Robert Whitaker investigates a medical mystery: Why has the number of disabled mentally ill in the United States tripled over the past two decades?"

Resource link

https://www.madinamerica.com/anatomy-of-an-epidemic/

Resource category

Science & Research

Resource type

Book
Awakin logo

Awakin

"Awakin.org is about deepening our self-awareness, in a community of kindred spirits. By changing ourselves, we change the world."

Resource link

http://www.awakin.org

Resource category

Critiquing Society, Rebuilding Community

Resource type

Organization/Initiative
Behaviorism and Mental Health logo

Behaviorism and Mental Health - Philip Hickey

Retired psychologist Philip Hickey critiques ideas, news and research studies while providing "an alternative perspective on psychiatry's so-called mental disorders."

Resource link

http://behaviorismandmentalhealth.com/

Resource category

Rethinking, Reforming, Critiquing

Resource type

Website
Beyond the Medical Model

Beyond the Medical Model

"Beyond the Medical Model examines the impact of a one-model system that has been written so inextricably into our law and language that it has become difficult for many to even hear the evidence supporting a much broader take on what we so often label ‘mental illness.’"

Resource link

http://www.westernmassrlc.org/rlc-film-productions

Resource category

Rethinking, Reforming, Critiquing

Resource type

Video
Bruce Levine

Bruce E. Levine

"Bruce E. Levine, PhD, is a clinical psychologist, often at odds with the mainstream of his profession... Levine writes and speaks widely on how society, culture, politics and psychology intersect."

Resource link

http://brucelevine.net

Resource category

Critiquing Society, Rebuilding Community

Resource type

Website
CHRUSP logo

Center for the Human Rights of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry

"The Center for the Human Rights of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry aims to provide strategic leadership in human rights advocacy, implementation and monitoring relevant to people experiencing or labeled with madness, mental health problems or trauma."

Resource link

http://chrusp.org/

Resource category

Rights & Law

Resource type

Organization/Initiative
Charles Eisenstein

Charles Eisenstein

Charles Eisenstein is a teacher, speaker, and writer focusing on themes of civilization, consciousness, money, and human cultural evolution. He speaks frequently at conferences and other events, and gives numerous interviews on radio and podcasts. His website has information about his books and courses and links to his podcast and speaking events.

Resource link

https://charleseisenstein.net/

Resource category

Critiquing Society, Rebuilding Community

Resource type

Website
Cochrane Library logo

Cochrane Library

The Cochrane Collaboration "is a global independent network of researchers" who "work together to produce credible, accessible health information that is free from commercial sponsorship and other conflicts of interest." The Cochrane Library "is a collection of six databases that contain different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making".

Resource link

http://www.cochranelibrary.com/

Resource category

Science & Research

Resource type

Organization/Initiative
Coming Off Psych Drugs: A Meeting of the Minds

Coming Off Psych Drugs: A Meeting of the Minds

"This 75-minute documentary (directed by Daniel Mackler) offers a rare glimpse into the world of coming off psych drugs through the eyes of those who have done it."

Resource link

http://wildtruth.net/films-english/psychdrugs/

Resource category

Personal Stories & Experiences

Resource type

Video
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Council for Evidence-based Psychiatry

The Council for Evidence-based Psychiatry is a UK-based organization involved in fostering research, public education, and political activities that are guided towards improving understanding of psychiatric medications and drug withdrawal.

Resource link

http://cepuk.org/

Resource category

Rethinking, Reforming, Critiquing

Resource type

Organization/Initiative
Crazywise

Crazywise

"The documentary Crazywise explores what can be learned from people around the world who have turned their psychological crisis into a positive transformative experience."

Resource link

https://crazywisefilm.com/#home

Resource category

Beyond "Mental Illness" & "Mental Health"

Resource type

Video
Deadly Medicines

Deadly Medicines and Organised Crime

Peter Gøtzsche's book seeks to "alert people to two terrible facts: Prescription drugs are the third leading cause of death after heart disease and cancer. The behaviour of Big Pharma fulfils the criteria for organised crime in US law."

Resource link

http://www.deadlymedicines.dk/books/

Resource category

Science & Research

Resource type

Book
Decolonizing Global Mental Health

Decolonizing Global Mental Health: The psychiatrization of the majority world

China Mills' book "seeks to de-familiarize current ‘Western’ conceptions of psychology and psychiatry using postcolonial theory. It leads us to wonder whether we should call for equality in global access to psychiatry, whether everyone should have the right to a psychotropic citizenship and whether mental health can, or should, be global."

Resource link

https://www.routledge.com/Decolonizing-Global-Mental-Health-The-psychiatrizatio…

Resource category

Rethinking, Reforming, Critiquing

Resource type

Book
De-Medicalizing Misery

De-Medicalizing Misery: Psychiatry, Psychology, and the Human Condition

A collection edited by Mark Rapley, Joanna Moncrieff, and Jacqui Dillon: "Psychiatry and psychology have constructed a mental health system that does no justice to the problems it claims to understand and creates multiple problems for its users. Yet the myth of biologically-based mental illness defines our present.

Resource link

http://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9780230242715

Resource category

Rethinking, Reforming, Critiquing

Resource type

Book
A Disorder for Everyone!

A Disorder for Everyone!

A disorder for everyone (AD4E) is a one-day event for anyone who is challenging the culture of psychiatric diagnosis and exploring trauma informed alternatives.

Resource link

http://www.adisorder4everyone.com/

Resource category

Rethinking, Reforming, Critiquing
Beyond "Mental Illness" & "Mental Health"
Non-Drug Options & Approaches

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Organization/Initiative

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  • Beyond "Mental Illness" & "Mental Health" (14)
  • Critiquing Society, Rebuilding Community (4)
  • Mutual Support & Advocacy (7)
  • Non-Drug Options & Approaches (12)
  • Personal Stories & Experiences (7)
  • Rethinking, Reforming, Critiquing (21)
  • Rights & Law (5)
  • Science & Research (9)

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  • Factsheet (1)
  • Local Group (1)
  • Organization/Initiative (27)
  • Radio/Podcast (1)
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  • Video (11)
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